[Ord. 1/6/1975, § 1]
No person, firm or corporation shall grade, construct, install
or erect a drain, culvert, footwalk, drive or driveway, or other means
of ingress or egress, onto a Township road unless and until the Township
has granted a permit for such grading, construction, installation
or erection.
[Ord. 1/6/1975, § 2; as amended by Ord. 2000-4,
4/6/2000, § 1]
Application for such permit shall be made by the owner or occupier,
or by his contractor or agent, in writing, on forms provided by the
Township and in accordance with such rules and regulations as may
be established by the Township. There shall be appended to each application
a drawing or plan showing the outlines of the property affected with
existing improvements thereon, existing drains, culverts, footwalks,
drives and driveways, with the proposed drain, culvert, footwalk,
drive or driveway, proposed to be added, and the relationship of the
foregoing to the Township road, particularly with relationship to
the effect on the drainage of said road, which drawing or plan shall
also comply with the applicable sections of the Construction and Materials
Specifications for Subdivision and Land Development Manual of Hopewell
Township adopted by the Board of Supervisors by resolution, as amended
from time to time by the Board of Supervisors by resolution, which
manual is hereby authorized.
[Ord. 1/6/1975, § 3; as amended by Ord. 2016-1,
1/4/2016]
The application shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount as
established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
to cover the reasonable cost of examining the plans for the proposed
work, making necessary modifications, if any, and inspecting the work
to ensure compliance with the plans as approved.
[Ord. 1/6/1975, § 4]
The Supervisors may alter plans filed with the application,
and specify any changes or modifications of any kind which they may
deem necessary, and make its approval of the granting of any permits
subject to any such alterations, changes, or modifications.
[Ord. 1/6/1975, § 5]
All grading, construction, installation and erection shall be
in strict compliance with the plans and specifications on the basis
of which the permit is granted.
[Ord. 1/6/1975, § 6; as amended by Ord. 2016-1,
1/4/2016]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part or any of the terms or conditions of any permit issued
pursuant to this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought
before a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the
enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000
plus costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Township in
the enforcement proceeding and, in default of payment of said fine
and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day
that a drain, culvert, footwalk, drive or driveway or other means
of ingress or egress onto a Township road remains constructed, installed,
erected or in the process of installation, construction or erection
without a permit having been issued, therefore pursuant to the ordinance
shall constitute separate and distinct offense and shall be subject
to separate additional penalties hereunder.
